portugalmapbot

Twitter

A Twitter bot 🤖🐦 that shares random satellite images from Portugal 🛰️🇵🇹. Adapted from the londonmapbot Twitter bot created by Matt Dray. Spatial data obtained via GADM.

References

• londonmapbot by Matt Dray.
• chicagomapbot by Leo Torres.
• esmapbot by Rober J.
• Spatial data from Portugal by GADM (Wikipedia page).

Image credits

Posted images are copyright of Mapbox/OpenStreetMap/Maxar. This information is embedded in every image.

Development

R version 3.6.3

• options(styler.save_after_styling = TRUE).

Notes

• install.packages("rtweet", dependencies = TRUE).
• install.packages("sf", dependencies = TRUE).
• {groundhog} package:
  • Alternative to {renv}.
  • install.packages("groundhog") or install.packages("groundhog", dependencies = TRUE).
  • groundhog.library documentation.
  • Repo.
  • groundhog::get.groundhog.folder().
  • Main folder.
• setup-r repo.
• rstudioapi::versionInfo().
• Header: https://api.mapbox.com/styles/v1/mapbox/satellite-v9/static/-6.7212,41.62,4,0/1280x500@2x?access_token=.
• Twitter sizes.
• GitHub Actions:
  • Supported runners.
  • Preinstalled software.
  • macOS Catalina 10.15: macos-10.15 or macos-latest. Homebrew is available.
• Install {sf} on macOS.
• act:
  • Run GitHub Actions locally.
  • brew install act.
  • It does not support macOS runners.
• brew info gdal and gdalinfo --version.
• post_tweet() hangs when including media issue.